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Barnardo’s Child and Family Support Service (Fife)
Barnardo’s Child and Family Support Service (Fife)
Barnardo’s Child and Family Support Service (Fife). Barnardo’s Children’s Rights Service, Fife, provides a Children’s Rights and Advocacy Service for children and young people (up to 18)  who are  looked after at home, in foster care, purchased residential placements, secure…
Circles Network
Circles Network
Circles Network Advocacy can help you to have a say about the services you receive, to understand your rights, to gather the right information to help you make a fully informed choice and to raise any issues you may have concerns about. …
Dunfermline Advocacy
Dunfermline Advocacy
Dunfermline Advocacy provides support for Citizen Advocacy partnerships across West Fife. Citizen Advocacy matches local people with vulnerable adults in the community to provide invaluable support and friendship, giving each individual a chance to have their voice heard and represented.…
Equal Voice
Equal Voice
Equal Voice is a Citizen Advocacy project. We are a registered charity and we support citizen advocacy partnerships between vulnerable adults and ordinary members of the central Fife communities. Who do we work with? Working within the new eligibility criteria…
Fife Forum
Fife Forum
Fife Forum (previously Fife Elderly Forum Executive) is a Voluntary Sector Advice & Information Agency that provides information and advice on issues that affect older people and some adults. Fife Forum provides the following: Elderly Forums User Panels Local Area Co-ordination…
Include Me
Include Me
Include Me is a Citizen Advocacy project. Citizen Advocacy is when responsible citizens leading full lives in our communities get to know a vulnerable adult who experiences exclusion from their community or unfair treatment and who needs help to make…
Kindred in Fife
Kindred in Fife
Kindred supports families of children and young people with additional needs. To find out more about the service in Fife please download the Kindred In Fife, How Can We Help? leaflet with general information about our Fife office . You can contact the Fife…
People First (Fife)
People First (Fife)
People First (Scotland), Fife Community Groups, the independent collective self-advocacy organisation, run by and for adults with learning difficulties aged 16 and over.  The organisation is based on clear values of independence, involvement and peer support. Self-advocacy can change lives and…
Women’s Aid
Women’s Aid
Fife Women’s Aid is a charitable organisation based in the voluntary sector, which supports women, children and young people who have experience of Domestic Abuse (DA) in Fife. Scotland. Originally three independent groups: Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and East Fife (Cupar) they…

Fife Young Carers

Fife Carers and Fife Young Carers continue to offer on going telephone support to carers. We can be contacted on our  main office numbers: Fife Carers – 01592 205472 Fife Young Carers – 01592 786717 All calls will be diverted…

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Who Cares Scotland? Update

Are you worried about Coronavirus and need someone to talk to? We know there’s a lot of information out there on the news and on social media that may be causing you worry right now. We also know that people’s…

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Important Information from Dunfermline Advocacy

Following the latest developments in the spread of the COVID-19 and taking into account the guidelines and directions from Fife Council, the Scottish Government and Westminster, Dunfermline Advocacy will move to working practices which minimise the risk of spreading infection…

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Kindred Fife

Kindred Fife are providing their service as normal the only difference is that there are no face to face meetings, all support is via email and telephone. Kindred continue to be able to support any family that cares for an…

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Circles Network Fife

Circles Network Fife are continuing to provide their advocacy service via telephone whilst working from home. At present Circles Network are unable to provide a drop-in service to the hospitals due to Covid-19 rules but will provide support via the…

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Important Information from Include Me

Following the latest developments in the spread of the Corona Virus and taking into account the guidelines and directions from the Scottish Government and Westminster, Include Me will move to working practices which minimise the risk of spreading infection within…

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Important Information from People First (Scotland)

People First (Scotland) have taken a decision to close our offices and cancel all groups and meetings including those with external stakeholders until the end of April. This is a difficult decision but we know that many members have underlying…

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Email Issues

As a temporary measure if you require to contact us via email please use tricia@dunfermlineadvocacy.org as we are currently experiencing some changes to our email system.

adminOctober 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Latest News
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People First Newsletter

People First (Fife) Scotland’s Spring/Summer 2019 Newsletter is now available. If you would like a copy of the newsletter please contact kate@peoplefirstscotland.org

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Easy Read Booklet now available online

Our new Easy Read booklet is now online and can be downloaded by clicking on the link below.

adminMay 14, 2019May 14, 2019 Latest News
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Advocacy Organisations

  • Barnardos Child and Family Support Service Fife
  • Circles Network
  • Dunfermline Advocacy
  • Equal Voice
  • Fife Forum
  • Include Me
  • Kindred in Fife
  • People First
  • Who Cares? Scotland
  • Women’s Aid
  • Fife Carers

Fife Advocacy Forum

The Fife Advocacy Forum supports the development of advocacy across Fife and represents the views of local advocacy providers.

To help meet the needs of different people at different times in their life there are several different types of advocacy. We are really pleased that such a range of types of advocacy are supported by Fife Council and NHS Fife and are available to people in Fife.

Our website explains the range of advocacy available to people in Fife and provides details about the organisations that provide these services and how to contact them.

Who is Eligible to access Advocacy in Fife?

Adults (16+) and older people in Fife can access advocacy if they are affected by:

Disability
Chronic illness
Mental illness
Dementia
Learning disability
Personality disorder

and need help to safeguard their
well-being
rights
care
or other interests

Children in Fife under the age of 18 can access advocacy if:

They are looked after by Fife Council (at home, in Foster Care, Kinship Care or Residential Care)
There are Child Protection procedures in place (aged 5-18)
They have a mental health issue and/or a learning disability

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